The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-05-26
Court will probably last TIL Friday.


for this week.
We have several thousand old pa
pers In the Posr Office, good to put
under carpets, into cupboards, etc,
which we will sell at FIVE cents dozen.
The citizen of Pennsylvania, in
whose family are from two to dozen
watches, will no longer have to lie
about IL when the assessor makes his
appearance, the tax on time pieces
having been abolished. That act OF
the Legislature will prsveat an nw-
ful amount OF lying iu this great
Common wealth.
The Senate passed the House bill
making the school term six months.
One million, five hundred thousand |
dollars was appropriated for school
purposes. This is an Increase of iive
hundred thousand dollars which will
ia many districts pay for the addi
ticnul month.
| John Knepp, miller VI twenty
years experience has taken char re
Of Swengles mill, at Paxtouvilc, and
Is turning out superior grade Of
flower the good credit
OF the old mill, which has been re
modelled and improved rendering II
one OF the very best burr mills in the
county. We wish him n great u sues
cess us his ability merits.
Charles ID. Meyer grad uate OF
franklin & Marshell College, and now
a student at the Columbia Law
School, is home visiting his father
Philip u. Moyer Of Freeburg. He is
an accomplished scholar, Is way up
the ladder in Missionary and royal
lgoob fellow generally. lie Intends
locating for the practice of law in
either Minneapolis or Waterloo, Min
nesOta.
The lower end OF Contre County is
=, plagued with snails. An witness
informed us that these iusets-mill-
ions in number, crawl ont Of crcvices
land froIu under boards during the
night and eat everything grecn they
meet. In the eastern part Of Penns
Valley they have became so nmnar
ous that the garden walks IN the
morning after u warm night ar" "a
perfect ct.work Of their slimv trails
and nothing seems to effect theu
salt, lime, paris greon, and everything
tried thus far only seems to futten
them.
The Mijacton G Morlhet Combination
Troupe gave AL entertainment in SEQ
bold's Hall OH Thursday evening Of
nst week 'ihC entertainment was
so superior that they were prevailed
upon to return 20 our town ana ap
10 pear again this week. They did sc
OH Tuesday and Wednesday evening,
when they were greeted with good
y houses who universally pronounce
e them the best troup that ever visited
our town. We never heard more IA
vorlble comment ON any company
All they have to do when they come
~ back again is to thoroughly announc,
y 1t and we will guarantee them the
full houses they deserve.
" She annual meeting Of the Dunk
II ards will be held at Ottown, Kansas
from May % To June 3. There will b.
u delegates in attendance froui every
y state and territory OF the United
l. States. The gathering will he i'm
mense aud the proceedings interest
ing. Tho Board of Trade Of tn,
n growing town Of Peabody, Kan, ha
- passed a resolution agreeing TO pa.
the expenses of Prof. ID. =. Boyer t,
/. accompany this excursion and repre-
o sent to these people Of industrio ou
Re habits tho many advantages whicl
Peabody presents. The people q
that city know how TO appreciat
-, worth aud are Offering special Undue,
, ments to Prof. Boyer to become u ci,
izen OF that place. Should he accer
the offer our county would lose tn
az services OF n man who has made
es reputation in educational circles whic
y. il not confined to our own count
ry alone.
ss Kreamer, the second station east
Middleburgh on the $. 81 l.. Railroa
elk has been made q first class frelgl
ny Office and Judge Smith has resignC
lie as agent. This places Kreamer ov,
10 Middleburgh, Beavsrtown or Adam.
burg 80 far rs freight privileges a.
concerned, though its basin ess prbs
bly, does not exceed one third that {
either Of the other three towns. I'll
advantages OF n first-class over q Sc
ond-class Office are many-prominei
among them is the removal OF the
1t, cent agents commission. A packal
ist Of one hundred pounds may be shiI
Is, ped from Lewistown to Sunbury
a distance OF fifty lniles-for 25 cent
,os whereas, the same goods shipped fro
,t Beavertown TO Adamsburg, two mile
mis- will cost 55 cents. 1t wouldn't take
ho blind man long to see that this Is N
,ro right, and we hope the railroad a,
thorities, who always have shown
desire to treat our people fairly,wI
en- consider the matter Of removing I'll
lie. obnoxious commission.